Cricket 2019

[surrifox]

22 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Has Burns under or over achieved for you? 

 

He's stood out as the best of your lower order. He seems to have some scrap in him that a lot of the others are missing. 

 

But I don't know if he looks good because everyone else has failed. 

This is a seriously good Australian bowling unit . I would say that Burns has applied himself well and also enjoyed some good fortune in 2 of the 4 tests to date ; he looks a colossus alongside Jennings, Roy and to a lesser extent Denly

[cambridgefox]

Ali.Who most slag off on here.Dropped early doors,absolute dolly,but his timing tonight in the T20 is a joy to watch.

 

No I’m not saying recall.

[Bobby Hundreds]

20 minutes ago, cambridgefox said:

Ali.Who most slag off on here.Dropped early doors,absolute dolly,but his timing tonight in the T20 is a joy to watch.

 

No I’m not saying recall.

He makes the IntT20 WC team for sure.

[Stinkenzo]

22 minutes ago, cambridgefox said:

Ali.Who most slag off on here.Dropped early doors,absolute dolly,but his timing tonight in the T20 is a joy to watch.

 

No I’m not saying recall.

We know how great he is

[cambridgefox]

3 minutes ago, Walkers said:

We know how great he is

100 in 50 balls

[cambridgefox]

25 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

He makes the IntT20 WC team for sure.

Think he got 80 odd last week and a 50 the match before that.

Such a frustrating player.

When he is on it though.Geez.

[UniFox21]

Can those planes above old Trafford please fook off 

[foxfanazer]

Quality ball by Starc to be fair

[ScouseFox]

god we need to avoid the follow on or we are completely dead 

[martyn]

On TMS they're going on as if the follow on wouldn't be enforced. 

 

Seems crazy to me that they wouldn't. If England are 200+ behind, there is no circumstance in which Australia would be in danger of losing the game. 

 

Can just have Lyon bowling all day from one end and rotate the seamers if they're worried about fatigue. 

Edited 7 September 2019 by martyn

[foxfanazer]

Down to Stokes again 

[foxfanazer]

Damn! How is that Harmison? 

[yorkie1999]

Wonder if they actually realise that if they lose this, there's no point in the 5th test.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Incredible batting this. What are we trying to achieve? 

[Voll Blau]

Thought Archer was smarter than that with the bat. Ridiculous shot.

[Bobby Hundreds]

2 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

Thought Archer was smarter than that with the bat. Ridiculous shot.

Playing shots like that and bowling at 84mph, he’ll get dropped!

[Voll Blau]

Glad it's gone, but actually don't think that was a bad review. Looked closer than Hawkeye made it out I thought.

[Goober]

Surprised that everyone in the comm box seems so certain the Aussies wouldn't enforce the follow on. There's very little chance we bat out 5 sessions if they do. 

[Finnegan]

Don't they kinda NEED the follow on to avoid a draw? 

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Don't they kinda NEED the follow on to avoid a draw? 

Depends. If they bowl England out 15 minutes after lunch but England have made it below a 200 deficit, then Aus could attempt to swing the bat at it for 40 overs, put on somewhere around 200 and then put England back in with ten overs to go today, leaving them a little over a day to bowl England out. Which is entirely possible.

[Finnegan]

Are the odds currently higher for an Aus win or a draw? 

[purpleronnie]

3 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Are the odds currently higher for an Aus win or a draw? 

draw

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Are the odds currently higher for an Aus win or a draw? 

Aus win marginally more likely than a draw according to the bookies.

[ScouseFox]

aus are slight fav. 

 

as long as we don’t follow on surely we’ll be ok? they’ll surely be a bit scared to declare on anything even unrealistically get-able and we’ll be able to bat out a draw. maybe. 

Edited 7 September 2019 by ScouseFox

[Bobby Hundreds]

I wouldn’t want to chase 80 on this pitch. That Broad wicket ball was disgusting.